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      <PublisherName>aaspjournal</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Asian Association of Schools of Pharmacy</JournalTitle>
      <PISSN>I</PISSN>
      <EISSN>S</EISSN>
      <Volume-Issue>Volume 14 Issue 1</Volume-Issue>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
      <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage>
      <Season>2025</Season>
      <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue>
      <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue>
      <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA>
      <PubDate>
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
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      <ArticleType>Pharmacy</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>A cross-sectional study on the perceived usefulness and acceptance of automated dispensing cabinets in the Emergency Department of a Philippine tertiary hospital</ArticleTitle>
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      <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage>
      <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA>
      <FirstPage>36</FirstPage>
      <LastPage>49</LastPage>
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          <FirstName>Ma. Lourdes Concepcion D. Jimenez*</FirstName>
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          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>Mark B.</FirstName>
          <LastName>Carascal</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>Anthony Aldrin C.</FirstName>
          <LastName>Santiago</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>John Q.</FirstName>
          <LastName>Wong</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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      <Abstract>Automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) are pharmacy-related healthcare technologies that provide easy, secure, and controlled management of medications in hospitals. In the Philippines, only two hospitals employed ADCs; however, no technology assessment studies are available, particularly regarding users’ perceptions of its utility. Our research aims to determine the perceived usefulness and acceptance of using ADC in the Emergency Department (ED) of a private tertiary hospital in the Philippines. A prospective questionnaire survey was conducted among the ED healthcare professionals (n = 123) using a previously validated tool, measuring their perceptions on the ADC based on usefulness and acceptance indices. Chi-square tests were performed to determine the predictors of usefulness and acceptability, while Fisher’s exact test was employed for bivariate analyses involving categorical variables. Respondent socio-demographic and ADC experience variables were used as predictor variables, while the usefulness and acceptance variables were treated as outcome variables. Our results showed an overall high perception of usefulness (mean usefulness index of 0.79 ---PlusMinusSymbol--- 0.10) and acceptance (mean acceptability index of 0.68 ---PlusMinusSymbol--- 0.68) of ADC usage in the ED among confirmed users. Further analysis revealed that nurses are generally more accepting of ADC (p-value &lt; 0.001), while younger (p-value = 0.032) and less experienced staff (p-value = 0.010) encountered more frequent problems and non-acceptability in using the technology. In summary, our study showed the promising utility of ADC in hospital pharmacy management, with a high level of acceptance among most end-users.</Abstract>
      <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage>
      <Keywords>automated dispensing cabinet, emergency department, Philippines</Keywords>
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        <Abstract>https://www.aaspjournal.org/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=16006&amp;title=A cross-sectional study on the perceived usefulness and acceptance of automated dispensing cabinets in the Emergency Department of a Philippine tertiary hospital</Abstract>
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        <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage>
        <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage>
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